I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous…

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I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous. ✨ Douglas Adams (2014). The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, p.85, Simon and Schuster
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